Safety hat-pin.



H. WOLFGANG.

SAFETY HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED 00w. 2, 1911.

Patented July 16, 1912.

PLANOGRAPN 60.. WASH HANS WOLFGANG, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SAFETY HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 2, 1911.

Patented July 16, 1912. Serial No. 652,321.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANS WVOLFGANG, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, have invented a Safety Hat-Pin, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hatpins for womens wear, and the object of the invention is to provide a means for removing the sharp point of the pin from a dangerous projecting-position in which it might injure or maim other persons. This object I accomplish, briefly speaking, by providing a joint in the shank of the pin near the pointed end thereof, whereby the pointed end may be turned around into a position making an angle, and preferably an acute angle with the shank; together with means as will be hereinafter described for holding it resiliently in either its straightened or folded position. These novel constructions I illustrate in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 shows the manner of using the hatpin; Fig. 2 is a side-elevation of the pin itself, with the folded position shown in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a plan-view on an enlarged scale of the joint-portion of the pin; Fig. 4 is a side-elevation of the same, the tubular casing being shown in section, and the pointed end straight; Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the pointed end partially folded, and with the fully-folded position in dotted-lines.

The reference letters refer each to the same part in each figure of the drawings.

The pin, as preferably constructed, comprises a metallic shank a of the usual size and providing all desirable resiliency, this shank being terminated by a metallic casing b, in which is a pivot-pin 0, a pointed endportion d which turns on said pin 0 in the manner to be presently described; and a head 6, which may or may not be of ornamental design. Furthermore, inasmuch as the oint near the pointed end of the pin requires an enlargement of the shank, which would produce a somewhat larger hole in the hat in passing through, I prefer to make the shank a enlarged to a similar diameter near the head-end of the pin, as shown at f, which also is desirable in giving greater stability and holding-power to the pin, while not detracting from the resiliency of the shank.

It is not essential to my invention that any special form of joint shall be used, the essential feature being that the pointed portion 03 shall be jointed to the main portion-a of the shank; but I have shown a preferred construction of this joint in Figs. 3 to 5. At a certain point distant from the pivot-pin c the shank a is reduced in size to form a re-' silient stub g which acts as a spring, and this is encircled by the partly tubular casing b, in such manner that the surface of the latter is continuous with the shank a as shown. The casing 19 is forked at its free end to receive the pin 0, and the end of the pointed portion d has a reduced hilt k, which turns between the two cheeks of the fork of the casing in such manner that the outer surface of the pointed portion 03 is flush and continuous with that of the casing when the former is extended. The hilt h is squared on the end so that the spring 9 acts by pressure to hold it in either of the' three positions shown in Figs. 2 and 5, and when extended the spring 9 is completely inclosed by the casing b and its outer surface is flush therewith, thus leaving substantially no crevice which might catch or entangle the hair.

Vhen the pin, the pointed end being extended as in Fig. 2, has been inserted into position, said pointed portion is then turned about the pivot 0 so asto assume the position shown in dotted-lines in Fig. 2 and in fullline in Fig. 1, thereby removing the point from possible danger to other persons. In withdrawing the pin, the point (Z is extended and the pin withdrawn as in the case of a common hat pin.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to the use of all the above described features and constructions, for some may be omitted and others may be varied or modified in various ways within the scope of the appended claims, as will readily occur to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hatpin comprising a shank having at one end a casing, said shank being reduced to form a resilient stub received in said casing, said casing at its end being forked, a pivot pin retained in the forked portion, and a pointed portion mounted on said pivot pin and one end of which pointed portion is formed with a reduced hilt movable between the cheeks of the fork of the casing and having portions engageable with said stub, said stub when the pointed portion is extended being received Within said casing with its outer surface flush therewith.

2. A hatpin comprising a shank having at one end a metallic tubular casing with a por- 5 tion removed, said shank being reduced in size at the end to form a resilient stub extending Within said casing, a pointed portion pivotally mounted Within the free end of said casing and having a hilt held in 1 locked engagement by said stub, said stub and the adjacent part of the pointed portion forming practically continuations of each other and of the casing With the parts flush upon their exterior.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set :1

my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

. HANS WOLFGANG. Witnesses;

GEORGE W. COLLES, FLORENCE MALLON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. C.1 

